Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 16, 2011

This is becoming crucially important as the problem of delivering access to text is increasingly solved by the move to ebook publishing and solutions like our Bookshare library. The initial part of the project was to do a detailed survey of existing assistive technology products, to get a baseline for current support for accessible graphics.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 13, 2009

In it, we pointed out the irony that the first generation of ebook readers being inaccessible to blind people. This irony continues: it’s a terrible shame that Amazon (and other ebook device vendors) keeps putting out ebook products that are inaccessible to the blind! years ago entitled the Soundproof Book. The ship has sailed.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

We recently had a big article in SpeakUP, the journal of the United States Society for Augmentative and Alternative Communication. People with physical disabilities such as those from cerebral palsy often get significant benefits for access to alternative text.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

If you are looking for more recommendations, check out Book Authority’s list of 52 Best Nonprofit eBooks of All Time ( The Happy Healthy Nonprofit is #9). The thesis of the book is that as technology becomes more pervasive in our work and personal lives, interpersonal skills become more essential.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 13, 2019

As you prepare to implement new standards, evaluate your existing policies, processes, and technology to assess whether or not you have the capacity to meet regulatory requirements without diverting resources away from mission delivery. Kitty Holt, Not-for-Profit Compliance: Doing More with Less , The Wall Street Journal.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 22, 2013

So get out your journals and start taking note. In this post by Amelia Northrup-Simpson, What Audiences Expect from Arts Marketers: Four Technology Must-dos , she provides some guidance on how to ensure your tech decisions are meeting the expectations of your organization’s lifeline.

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